He slipped out a garakji, a double ring meant to be worn by a wife. The first time they had stared down at a garakji, it had been in the middle of an investigation. A married woman wears a double ring throughout her lifetime, Hyeon had whispered then. But in death, one is buried with her and the other is returned to her spouse. “I meant it,” Eojin whispered, “when I said there would only ever be you.”
